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First look at other 3rd party Steam Machines from Valve CES
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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MagicWithEarvin
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Alienware was the first box I looked at that caught my attention, disregarded the rest. Looks pretty nice.
Grampa Simpson
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GillianSeed79
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The falcon one would look great if it had a wolf howling below that blue thing.
Hopefully they reveal specs and prices. I'm hyped.
Hopefully they reveal specs and prices. I'm hyped.
soxinthebox
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Surely the Gigabyte is a streaming box
jim-jam bongs
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These are surely the end times
Grampa Simpson
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bloodreign
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The alternate looks just like my printer at work 
ComputerMKII
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That materiel.net Steambox is so mine
Grampa Simpson
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I imagine that it plays a lot of games that aren't very challenging on specs, and also does streaming.
jim-jam bongs
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It would have to be at that size. I'm down for slotting that into my entertainment centre.
The Bookerman
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Well the steam machines' look certainly won't make me buy one.
Grampa Simpson
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Is the Alienware an R51 with different plastic parts?
jim-jam bongs
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materiel.net model looks sort of like a space aged breadbox.
A Serious Man
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Someone switched Alternate's machine with a microwave.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
different people have different needs
Maybe they're going with the footrest approach?
It's just an off the shelf fractal by the looks of it which is disappointing. Alternate has the same exact box.
Surprisingly Alienware has the best looking case imo.
Lord of Castamere
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This. lol
ComputerMKII
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Alienware looks good, better than expected
Falcon Northwest is utterly disgusting
Falcon Northwest is utterly disgusting
KojiKnight
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Because we are PC and we don't conform to your one-size-fits-all console mentality?
Seriously though it's because different vendors want their steam boxes to look different.
Netrunner2k2
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I'm not sure why some are having a really hard time understanding this.
Looks like and INtel NUC. Probably packing an i5. Should play at least some titles at decent FPS.
SuperSonic1305
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People claim there is market confusion when there are 2-3 console skus so what do they say about this?
jim-jam bongs
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Of course it is, they pay royalties to Kanye and Kim for every unit sold.
Not everyone wants a $400+ box. Some might want something <$150 to just stream the games from the PCs they already own.
Some might want a smaller less conspicuous box than some of the larger boxes with "loud" designs.
So on and so forth.
sirseanconnery
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CyberPowerPc's box is looking pretty nice, hardware wise and aesthetically.
You're telling me. Was just looking at the config page for the normal Tiki, not that I'd ever buy one as I'm in the UK, but just out of curiosity. To get some decent gaming specs it costs like $2000. I didn't even check the cost of the top range.
Speaking of which though, I wonder what will happen out of the US. Not as much and far more expensive I'd assume but I hope to be wrong.
Specs and prices: http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/6/5281812/valve-steam-machines-hardware-specs
Maybe add to first post.